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- SIGNALTORGH. No. 319,843. Y Patented June 9, 1885..

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f SPECIFICATION forming part of LetterB'Patent No. 319,843, dated Juno 9, 1885.

Application filed August 7, 1884. (No model.)

To all whomit may concern:

i Be it known that I, HENRY J. PAIN, a subject of the-.Queen of Great ritaimresiding at 121 Walworth Road, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented ,new and useful Improvements in Signal- Torches, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to torches especially for signaling purposes; and it consists in acylindrical casing combined with a cylindrical torch having a fuse at one end, and having a the torch may rest onone end of the casing in reverse positions. One end of the cylindrical casing is provided with a. fuse-igniting sur-` v face, which is protected by a cap, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, yshowing the position of the torch when not in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the posit-ion of the torch when in use. l i v Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the casing, and B the torch, both substantially cylindrical and one'iltted to the other.

C indicates the fuse at one end of the torch,

and D the shoulder intermediate of the ends thereof. A E denotes the fuse-igniting surface of the casing, and F the cap for protecting such surface.

The torch B isflled with a combustible-ma- -ferial suitable for signaling purposes, which in the proper position, while during transportation and at other timesl when the torch is not in use it may be reversed and inserted in-` to the casing from the upper end, as shown in Fig. 1, to protect the fuse. The shoulder D serves to support the torch on the upper open end of the casing A in either position, and in order to bring the greater part of the torch above the casing whenit is in use, the shoulder is preferably located nearest to the lower end of the torch. The igniting -surface E of the casing consistsof a coating applied to the lower end of the casing, where it is closed, of a material suitable to ignite the fuse C by friction, referencebeing had to the nature of the fuse, and'v the protecting-cap F is simply fitted on the casing at such end, tobe taken oif when the ignitng-surface is to be used. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

1. The combinationof the cylindrical casing with the reversible cylindrical torch having the funse at one end and the shoulder intermediate of the ends for supporting the torch in reverse positions on one end of the casing,

substantially as shown and described.

2.'The cylindrical casing having one end provided with a fuse-igniting surface and the protecting-cap fitted on such end of the casing, in combination with the cylindrical torch having the fuse at one end and the shoulder intermediate o f the ends, substantially as shown and. described, for the purpose set` forth. f

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 4

' HENRY J. PAIN. [1.. s]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, D. VAN SAN'rvoonD. 

